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1911 Bungalow

The rotting roof, boarded up windows, and two murders on-site weren't enough to deter Kara O'Brien and her partner, Paula Rose, from buying this vintage house. They had admired it for years and jumped at the chance to own it. The restoration brought many challenges, including trying to figure out the original layout, since the house had been converted into a triplex in the early 1970s.